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CELTIS LAEVIGATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Celtis laevigata mean?
• CELTIS LAEVIGATA (noun)
The noun CELTIS LAEVIGATA has 1 sense:
1. deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood
Familiarity information: CELTIS LAEVIGATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Celtis laevigata; sugarberry
Hypernyms ("Celtis laevigata" is a kind of...):
hackberry; nettle tree (any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits)
Holonyms ("Celtis laevigata" is a member of...):
Celtis; genus Celtis (large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit)
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